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YOUR WASHINGTON
AND YOU!
A WEEKLY
REPORT from
KARL MUNDT
SENATOR FROM SOUTH DAKOTA
United States Senate
"FOR A FAIR CHANCE FOR A FREE PEOPLE"
VOLUME XXI, NO. 33 - FOR RELEASE AUGUST 24, 1959
* *
HALF A LOAF: Of course, "Half a Loaf is Better Than
None!" But, Senator Young of North Dakota and I are determined to try to get the "second half" of our drought relief legislation approved now that the Senate last week gave
its approval of part of our joint effort.
Working together as members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator Young and I offered two bills
containing a two-stage approach to providing practical assistance and financial relief
to farmers and livestock men in drought-stricken areas. One approach was contained
in S. 2504 which I introduced. This would enable producers in designated emergency
areas to buy CCC feed at the market price without having to pay the 105% surcharge
plus carrying charges now provided in federal legislation AND to permit them to cut
hay under stipulated conditions on their soil bank acres. The other approach was in a
bill introduced by Senator Young containing only the Soil Bank hay-cutting provisions.
Our Committee approved both bills; supported both phases of the program. On Wednesday, last, the Senate okayed the hay-cutting provisions but one of the Democrat objectors asked that the CCC sale-of-feed-at-market-prices phase of the program be
"passed over". That means at best temporary delay; unless the Democratic Policy
Committee clears the Bill it might mean defeat of the program. Young and I are now
working with the Majority Leader and those on the Democratic Policy Committee trying to win their approval and support for "the second half of the loaf". It is by far the
more important part insofar as our drought suffers are concerned.
# # #
ON-THE-FARM STORAGE: Earlier this year I introduced a bill to provide an accelerated tax amortization program for construction of on-the-farm grain storage facilities.
What with our abundance of farm commodities filling warehouses, terminal elevators
and government storage bins, I felt that this would be the type of program to encourage
farmers to store grains on their own farms. The critical feed shortage confronting
South Dakota livestock producers indicates that an on-the-farm storage program would
give the farmer a form of an "insurance policy" against future such drought periods.
By storing his commodities on his own farm, and receiving the storage payments instead of having these payments going to terminal elevators, it would give the farmer
an opportunity to have a "reserve" supply of feed on his own farm. I am continuing to
push for approval of this proposal.
QUOTE TO NOTE: Typical of the mail which has literally swamped my office within the past few days is the postal card from a labor union member in New York City in which he writes: "Please help us chained rank-and-file union slaves achieve freedom. Pass the Landrum-Griffin Labor Law! ! !" For a further report on labor reform legislation, please see back side of this newsletter.
SAFE DRIVING: South Dakota's tragic loss of life due to traffic deaths is of concern
to your Washington officials as well as to those back home. Through the courtesy of
Mayor Fay Wheeldon of Sioux Falls, who has provided me with information of the campaign being carried on to encourage Safe Driving, I want to join both city and state officials in urging that readers of "Your Washington and You" exercise every care when
behind the wheel of your car. Safe Driving can be achieved if each of us will do his part.
# #
SPRAY FROM THE POTOMAC: Night-time Washington presents a beautiful scene to
the visitor as he views the Capitol and Washington Monument bathed in soft lights. The
evening the House of Representatives adopted the Landrum-Griffin Labor Reform bill,
another building added to the illumination--the headquarters of Jimmy Hoffa's Teamsters where the midnight oil was burning late as the labor bosses tried to figure out what to do next to stop the legislation.

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2009-07-06

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YOUR WASHINGTON
AND YOU!
A WEEKLY
REPORT from
KARL MUNDT
SENATOR FROM SOUTH DAKOTA
United States Senate
"FOR A FAIR CHANCE FOR A FREE PEOPLE"
VOLUME XXI, NO. 33 - FOR RELEASE AUGUST 24, 1959
* *
HALF A LOAF: Of course, "Half a Loaf is Better Than
None!" But, Senator Young of North Dakota and I are determined to try to get the "second half" of our drought relief legislation approved now that the Senate last week gave
its approval of part of our joint effort.
Working together as members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator Young and I offered two bills
containing a two-stage approach to providing practical assistance and financial relief
to farmers and livestock men in drought-stricken areas. One approach was contained
in S. 2504 which I introduced. This would enable producers in designated emergency
areas to buy CCC feed at the market price without having to pay the 105% surcharge
plus carrying charges now provided in federal legislation AND to permit them to cut
hay under stipulated conditions on their soil bank acres. The other approach was in a
bill introduced by Senator Young containing only the Soil Bank hay-cutting provisions.
Our Committee approved both bills; supported both phases of the program. On Wednesday, last, the Senate okayed the hay-cutting provisions but one of the Democrat objectors asked that the CCC sale-of-feed-at-market-prices phase of the program be
"passed over". That means at best temporary delay; unless the Democratic Policy
Committee clears the Bill it might mean defeat of the program. Young and I are now
working with the Majority Leader and those on the Democratic Policy Committee trying to win their approval and support for "the second half of the loaf". It is by far the
more important part insofar as our drought suffers are concerned.
# # #
ON-THE-FARM STORAGE: Earlier this year I introduced a bill to provide an accelerated tax amortization program for construction of on-the-farm grain storage facilities.
What with our abundance of farm commodities filling warehouses, terminal elevators
and government storage bins, I felt that this would be the type of program to encourage
farmers to store grains on their own farms. The critical feed shortage confronting
South Dakota livestock producers indicates that an on-the-farm storage program would
give the farmer a form of an "insurance policy" against future such drought periods.
By storing his commodities on his own farm, and receiving the storage payments instead of having these payments going to terminal elevators, it would give the farmer
an opportunity to have a "reserve" supply of feed on his own farm. I am continuing to
push for approval of this proposal.
QUOTE TO NOTE: Typical of the mail which has literally swamped my office within the past few days is the postal card from a labor union member in New York City in which he writes: "Please help us chained rank-and-file union slaves achieve freedom. Pass the Landrum-Griffin Labor Law! ! !" For a further report on labor reform legislation, please see back side of this newsletter.
SAFE DRIVING: South Dakota's tragic loss of life due to traffic deaths is of concern
to your Washington officials as well as to those back home. Through the courtesy of
Mayor Fay Wheeldon of Sioux Falls, who has provided me with information of the campaign being carried on to encourage Safe Driving, I want to join both city and state officials in urging that readers of "Your Washington and You" exercise every care when
behind the wheel of your car. Safe Driving can be achieved if each of us will do his part.
# #
SPRAY FROM THE POTOMAC: Night-time Washington presents a beautiful scene to
the visitor as he views the Capitol and Washington Monument bathed in soft lights. The
evening the House of Representatives adopted the Landrum-Griffin Labor Reform bill,
another building added to the illumination--the headquarters of Jimmy Hoffa's Teamsters where the midnight oil was burning late as the labor bosses tried to figure out what to do next to stop the legislation.